Noun

• S: (n) whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower (an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it) "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) informant, source (a person who supplies information)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) communicator (a person who communicates with others)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) communicate [Related to: communicator] (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas) "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"
• W: (v) communicate [Related to: communicator] (transmit information) "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
• W: (v) communicate [Related to: communicator] (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) inform [Related to: informant] (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to) "I informed him of his rights"
• derivationally related form
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